Monday, March 29, 2010

Flexible management in WAS V7

IBM WAS V7 supported platforms

WAS v7 supported platforms

AIX 5L 5.3 (ppc32, ppc64)
Linux(ia32, x64, SystemZ)
Windows Server 2003(ia32, x64)
Solaris 9 or 10 (Sparc, 32- or 64-bit)
HP-UX 11iv2 or 11iv3 (PA-RISC, IA-64)
z/OS 1.8 or later(31- or 64-bit)
i5/OS 5.4 or later (32- or 64-bit)

Installation of IBM WebSphere Application Server V7.0 on windows

Extract the contents from C1G2HML.zip and C1G2IML.zip

The launchpad console is the starting point for installing IBM WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment.
The launchpad is a Web application. Before using the launchpad, you must have a supported Web browser. The launchpad supports the following browsers:

Mozilla, Version 1.7 or later
Mozilla Firefox, Version 2.0 or later
Internet Explorer, Version 6.0 or later
SeaMonkey, Version 1.1.4 or later.

For Windows: Install a browser for the Windows® operating system. – Download Internet Explorer from the following location: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/default.mspx – Download Mozilla Firefox from the following location: http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/.


1. Installation wizard page is displayed. Click next to continue
2. Software license agreement - accept the agreement and click next
3. System prerequisite check - the system should pass this check. Click next.
4. Optional features installation page -
5. Installation Directory
6. Websphere application server environments - choose (Cell, Management, Application Server, Custom, Secure proxy, none)
7. Enable Administrative security

List of supported software for WebSphere Application Server V7.0

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=180&uid=swg27012369



Sunday, March 28, 2010

How to determine whether a computer is running a 32-bit version or 64-bit of the Windows operating system?

How to determine whether a computer is running a 32-bit version or 64-bit of the Windows operating system?
Generally, a computer's bit count indicates how much data it can process, the speed with which it can process the data, and the memory capacity. In order to optimize the computer's performance, the bit count of the operating system that is installed on the computer should match the bit count of the computer itself.

It means
the CPU/hardware may be 32 bit/64 bit support
the OS that is running on the hardware may be 32bit/64 bit support
the applications that are running on the OS may be 32 bit/64bit support
So before downloading/choosing the software, by the above equation, we need to choose 32 bit or 64 bit application.